Hello to all of you beautiful Get Messians! It's Zinia here and I'm really excited to join you here for the first time. I thought it'd be fun to start my first blog post with a tutorial...
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Making marbled paper
Hiya ladies, one of the many Lauren’s here (there must be some type of correlation between the name Lauren and art journaling?!) I want to share with you how I got the most amazing...
Why I Share My Art Journal Pages and Why You Should Too
I will get right to the crux of the matter: not everyone will like your art journal page. Heck, most of the time you won't like it either, and some of the time almost no one will....
How to make a layered mixed media collage
Hello Get Messy Peeps! Cassandra here. Today I am sharing a mixed media piece in the hopes of inspiring you to be brave with gel, gesso and gelatos. This one is a simpler version of a...
Getting Messy with little ones
We were so excited when Jen reached out to us and wanted to share her experience in getting her little one involved in her art journal. So we asked her to share some tips and different...
Word art with washi
Supplies Making this word art is much simpler than you think. All you need: cutting mat pencil cutter ruler a lot of your favorite washi tapes The cutting mat is especially important...
Journal your Dream
Reflection We’ll make a journal page reflecting on a dream we’ve had for this week’s Artist Date with Thea. This can be a recurring dream, a recent dream, or a daydream! Thea...
Finished is the new perfect
Failure Failure is a feelingReading the discussion in the forums I get the idea we still don't quite know what a „failure“ is. So I want to address two failures –...
Feeling like you’re not good enough
Failure The lovely Rebecca is sharing a vulnerable, open look into her life and what failure means to her. Rebecca Brown Rebecca, born in Sweden, lives just outside...
A Pep Talk
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Create with Sera
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Motif
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Finding your personal shape system for fast creating
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Turn your mood into an art journal page
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The Magic in Underpaper
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Thoughts on a Daily Practice
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Depression and Anxiety + Art Journaling
(page by Anke) How do you deal with depression and anxiety in your art journal? It's easy enough to say that art journaling helps to process feelings, but what do you do when you are...
Season of Fairy Tales: Member Art Journal Flip Through
This season you guys have shown up and blow us away! We have been in awe of everything you guys are making and we are so sad to have come to the end. But! The end means that many of you are finishing up some really incredible art journals and sharing your final flip...
Gifts Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative Team The end of the year is officially here and that means it is time for our creative team...
04 – Visual Gratitude Pages
While I love writing in my journal, there are also times where I just want to get my paints out and play. This lesson focuses on just that. We will still be documenting things we are...
Dreams Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofdreams"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way...
Our Archaeological Dig by Lisa Goddard
VulnerabilityYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Work in layers to express different aspects of yourself and your life. Imagine an archaeologist peeling back each layer in 200...
03 – Creating Tags, Pockets & Tuck Spots
In this lesson, we will cover different ways to decorate tags that you can add to your journals. They are a quick way to get creative and make a lovely addition to your journal pages....
Feelings from Music by Anouk Karssen
VulnerabilityYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: While you listen to a song that moves you, that reminds you of a happy memory or simply inspires you. Take a moment to feel what...
The Recovering Perfectionist’s Guide to Making Art
Download Save this mini workbook to your computer, print it out, and let it accompany you on your artistic journey this season. Your guide Caylee Grey Hyperbolic journaler and imperfect artist, Caylee Grey is also a wife and mother from South Africa. Caylee is the...
01 – Making a Gratitude Journal
In this lesson, we will start off by creating a beautiful cover for out gratitude journal. We will then select a wide variety of papers and bind them together using a really simple...
06 – Into the Woods
This lesson will further explore collaged landscapes. We will build on this collage process by creating a forest landscape and adding a figure and a guide animal to explore that...
From Scrapbook to Sketchbook by Tiare Smith
EncouragementYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Let this scrapbook sketch inspire your creativity. Use it as a guide to create in your sketch book or art journal. Action Steps...
Words and Lists by Abbey Sy
OKYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create a journal spread with a list of things that make you feel OK. Start with the phrase "I feel ok when..." and get creative with your...
02 – Creating Writing Spots
In this lesson, we are going to start putting our journals to good use by creating writing spots. There are lots of fun ways to do this and I will be sharing some of my favourites....
Flip Through
Here’s a complete flip through of how I documented my days using The Diarist, the A5 journal I’ve used for the previous year.
Textured Reflections by Amanda Trought
ChaptersYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create a reflective texture-rich art journal page. Bonus Save this file to your computer, print it out, and allow it to accompany you on...
Gather, Spark, Create by Felicitas Mayer
IdeasYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Use your old paper scraps and other crafty left-overs to find new creative ideas for art journaling. Action Steps create something based on this...
Week 3 – Twigs + gelli plate + thread
CourageThis season we are collaborating with a partner, or being our own cheerleader. Download the Season Sidekick for a list of prompts to work from. Char and Claudette are choosing three items...
Week 2 – Watercolours + pens + something found
CourageThis season we are collaborating with a partner, or being our own cheerleader. Download the Season Sidekick for a list of prompts to work from. Char and Claudette are choosing three items...
Week 1 – Tea bags + paint + found words
CourageThis season we are collaborating with a partner, or being our own cheerleader. Download the Season Sidekick for a list of prompts to work from. Char and Claudette are choosing three items...
Collage Relaxation
Promise#gmseasonofpromiseYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Relax with your art and get into flow state with this easy art journaling technique. Repurpose scraps...
Pocket Goodies
Add a pocket to hold tags or other created goodies in any art journal.
05 – Hand-Lettering Headings & Quotes
In this lesson, I will be talking you through some of my favourite tips for hand-lettering and faux calligraphy, along with providing you with a brush-lettering workbook. We will then...
07 – It’s a Matter of Perspective
The integrating self grows in confidence and is open to other perspectives. As the new integrated self builds its new habits, it makes choices based on its core values. It acknowledges...
06 – The Integration
The self is ready to bear the discomfort that might come from realigning with its own truth and re-integrating with its core self - its inner child. The self has finally committed to...
05 – The Leap of Faith
Despite its fears and doubts, the self takes the leap of faith! Doubt and uncertainty feel overwhelming to the self. It weighs the pros and cons over and over again. Fear paralyzes any...
04 – The Tower Moment
The self feels torn between its obligations and disappearing dreams, desires and worth. The self feels obligated to abandon itself in order to meet the societal expectations. It doubts...
03 – The Fragmentation
The society’s need for conformity widens the gap between the inner child and the growing self. The growing self continues to internalize the beliefs and paradigms that it learns every...
02 – The Journey
The inner child’s life journey begins to tear it away from its own truths. As the inner child begins its life’s journey, it leaves its core and is programmed to adapt to the requirements...
02 – Vision Boards
This lesson takes you through my process of creating a vision board centring around the theme of environments that inspire me. In this process, I take the time to go through and...
Step by Step: Monthly Recap
This lesson walks you through a step by step process of creating a monthly recap journal page.
All the Materials
In this lesson, I introduce all the materials you can use for journaling. From different journal sizes, to pen types, to stationery, this materials overview will provide you some ideas on which tools you would like to add to your journaling stash.
Found Nature Objects by Arlyna So
SlowYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Incorporate what you can find outside, in nature, and bring them inside into your journal. Part 1Part 2 Action Steps Bring your imperfect, messy...
Artist Affirmations
I love to incorporate artist affirmations into my art journal practice. Let’s create a beautiful and meaningful art journal spread to silence our inner critics.
Wild Abandon
Moments#gmseasonofmomentsYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create with wild abandon. Let go of perfection and expectations and gather things that you love. Art...
Happy Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofhappy"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way of...
The Edge
When we’re putting together a jigsaw puzzle, it often helps to start with the edge or a foundation of sorts. For some of us, myself included, that means putting together all the actual edge...
02 – Drawing with Twigs
Let’s use unusual drawing and painting tools, like the sticks and twigs we picked up outside, to draw with ink and make interesting marks on loose paper. Use your twigs to experiment with...
Fun Formats to Try
This lesson walks you through fun formats to try with documenting your days.
Intuitive Collage & Paint by Tamara Egem
Flow Your challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create your own flow moment. Action Steps Bring your imperfect, messy self, take what you need, and know that more than zero is enough. Click here...
Grungy Papers by Melanie Theriault
MessYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create grungy tissue papers with a gel plate and acrylic paints to use as a quick background. Action Steps Bring your imperfect, messy self, take...
Floral Sister Pages by Camila Garcia
EnoughYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create a double-page spread in which one flower is explored in two different ways using the same colour pallet. Work with your favourite media...
Online Inspiration to Art
We always hear about using Pinterest for inspiration. Let’s make a pin board of things we love and use it to inspire endless journal pages!
The Sticky-Note
Get creative using sticky-notes (post-its) in your journal pages. The humble sticky-note is often overlooked as an art material, but there are lots of fun ways of using them. We’ll share a few of our suggestions and we’re sure you’ll have lots more ideas of your own.
Love Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryInstagram #gmseasonofloveCreative Team"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
01 – The Inner Child
It is time to give the silenced inner child a voice to speak with us again. In my understanding, the inner child is the feeling, intuitive and sensitive part of each one of us - the part...
04 – Drawing Leaves
Let’s use repetition and re-creation in our art practice as a way to lower pressure, explore, and develop an idea. In this session, we will be drawing from observation using a fallen leaf or...
03 – Drawing with Scissors
Firstly, we will prepare our sketchbook page with a nice dark background with either ink or paint and let it dry. We'll then look at our photographs for inspiration to create nature-themed...
05 – A Stitched Specimen
This lesson will explore some of the inhabitants of our landscapes. Personally, I find butterflies to be such a source of inspiration and the perfect partner for our stitched meadows...
Honing Your Habit
Sharing with you some habits and tips for your journaling journey.
Step by Step: Media Journal
This lesson walks you through a step by step process of creating a media journal page.
Frame it, Landscape it, Populate it by Tammy Murdock
AweYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Use this 3 step guide to fill your pages with something playful, serious, or perhaps perfectly preposterous! Part 1Part 2 Action Steps Bring your...
Flower Fever by Cathy Nichols
SlowYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create a field of flowers using warm and cool colors. Action Steps Bring your imperfect, messy self, take what you need, and know that more than...
Breaking Patterns by Mou Saha
ChaptersYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Use your art journal as an intentional self-healing tool. We will focus on spotting some of our unproductive thought patterns and creating...
Your World by Jana Clinard Harris
EncouragementYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Create a journal that shows what your ideal world looks like. This is a place you wish you could live in all the time. It should...
Making Moveable Collages by e bond
HeartYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Explore how to make moveable collages in your art journal. Action Steps Bring your imperfect, messy self, take what you need, and know that more...
Lovingly Stitched by Alyssa Griese
HeartYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Stitch a love note or kind word to yourself or to someone you love. Action Steps Bring your imperfect, messy self, take what you need, and know...
Replay: Season of Courage Hangout
CourageThis is a replay from the special hangout hosted by Char + Claudette just for the Season of Courage.
Three, Two, One
Explore ways to create pages with a simple formula of 3 colors, 2 words, and 1 image. This formula opens us up to endless possibilities to create unique layouts.
The Listening Path
invitation to join the Listening Path
Gel Plate Printed Vintage Books
Use gel plate printed papers to collage in AND let’s also use a gel plate to print directly in an altered book.
Movement as a Distraction
We constantly are moving, doing, and staying busy in our daily lives. How can we carve away slivers of time for peace and creating? In this journal we will connect to a moment of calm in the midst of the chaos playing on contrast and complimentary colors to highlight this dichotomy in our lives.
Color Interactions
Explore how colors interact with each other. Experimenting with color in your journal helps you find brush strokes and color combinations you may never have thought to try before! Make rainbows, mix colors, and see which new colors you can make from the tubes of paint you already have!
Magic Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofmagic"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
Brave Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofbrave"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
The Putting it Away
Every puzzle and every journal is as finished as it’s ever going to be at some point and is ready to be put away. We will look at ways to add closure to what we’ve created and decide what to do...
The Pieces
We live such varied lives, holding so many roles, loving so many different things, and with all of that comes a lot of bits and pieces, many of which we easily overlook when it comes time to...
01 – Seeking Inspiration in Nature
We are going out looking for inspiration in nature. In this lesson we will go out into our nearest patch of nature searching for treasure. We will look closely at leaves, plants, flowers or...
Day 01 New
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Create a new, dedicated home for your Messy May journey by binding an imperfect,...
01 – Making the Journal
In this lesson I will take you through the process of making a simple and scrappy journal using mixed media paper and painted fabric strips as the signatures. The cover is made from...
Ways to Document Your Days
This lesson focuses on ways to document your days, whether in monthly, daily, weekly, or quarterly formats.
Comfort Zones and Kindness by Risa Iwasaki Culbertson
AweYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Step outside your comfort zone to build confidence and kindness in your creative practice. Action Stepscreate something based on this...
Visualising a Poem by Noor Unnahar
FlowYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Pick a poem or a song and visualise it into a work of art into your journal. Close your eyes and understand what the piece could look like when...
Day 28 Self
Remember: Bring your messy self, take what you need (no such thing as being behind), and remember that more than zero is enough. Here's the prompt for today's Messy May:Create a 1 page zine with the theme of your current self. My best advice for...
Color & Paper Mixing by Roben-Marie Smith
MessYour challenge, should you choose to accept it: Gather papers by color and collage them into your sketchbook for project inspiration. Bonus Save this file to your computer, print it out, and...
Starting Points
Select one simple starting point from nature and recreate it several times in different ways in your sketchbook.
Introspection Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofintrospection"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from...
Lists Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonoflists"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our old way of...
Words Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofwords"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery from our...
Adventure Inspir-action
Fill up your creative well and find ideas for your next art journal page. Private member galleryCreative TeamInstagram #gmseasonofadventure"Vintage" Gallery This is a static gallery...
Wrap Up
Here's a flip through of our completed pages:Take ActionCelebrate creating a journal filled with gratitude!
Welcome to Pocket Gratitude
Welcome to the class! Let's chat about what we'll be covering... Take ActionGet excited and go on to the next lesson!
Wrapping Up
The integrating self grows in confidence and is open to other perspectives. As the new integrated self builds its new habits, it makes choices based on its core values. It acknowledges...